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The British women's and men's 4x400m relay teams added a silver and bronze medal respectively to Britain's 2017 World Championships tally. The women's team - Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielson, Eilidh Doyle and Emily Diamond - had shown in the heats that they had the ability to win a medal, and they did not disappoint. With Jamaica pulling up with an injury, a silver was very much in the cards. The team ran 3:25.00 in second behind a USA world leading time in gold position.

The men's performance in the heat - coming through as fastest losers - cast some doubt on whether they were in condition to medal. The addition of Matt Hudson-Smith to the team improved their chances. With Dwayne Cowan, Rabah Yousif Bkheit and Martyn Rooney, the team took bronze in 2:59.00, and at one stage they appeared to be gaining on Trinidad and Tobago, who pipped USA to the gold, around the top bend.

It was already a memorable evening: Mo bowing out with a silver; the women's 4x100m team winning silver; but the best was yet to come. Up against the mighty USA and Jamaica, the men's sprint relay squad pulled off a major coup winning gold. Usain Bolt in his final track appearance pulled-up with a hamstring problem on the home straight, much to the disappointment of the crowd, but even had he not, it was debateable whether he could have changed the result. Unchanged from the heats, the team of CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake delighted the crowd with slick baton changes roaring home in a world-leading 37.47s. It was a well-deserved victory.

The 5000m did not follow the script, on Sir Mo Farah's final championship track appearance. With the Ethiopians working a as a team, and the effects of a tough 10,000m still in his legs, Mo was blocked in on the home straight. He pressed hard for the line passing two of the Ethiopians and Chelimo, but Edris was too far ahead to be caught. It was somehow fitting that Mo's amazing run of world and Olympic golds should be bookended by silver. Clearly emoitional, Mo was able to receive the adulation of the crowd for a sensational career. Certainly Britain's greatest ever athlete. Confirming himself as one for the future, Andy Butchart followed up his Olympic 6th place finish with 8th place in the world championships.

There's a sense of deja vu as we report yet another fourth place finish in the IAAF World Championships. Yet this one stands out. Dina Asher-Smith - who broke her foot earlier in the year, and only started running in spikes in June - almost pulled off a shock in the 200m final. She ran a season's best in the heats and semi-final, and then took almost half a second off that to take 4th place in 22.22s. Dina ran a terrific bend and was in the mix all the way to the line. It was testament to the young sprinter and her team that Dina was able to take on the world in such an impressive performance. Dafne Schippers won gold.

Field athletes Nick Miller and Lorraine Ugen were also competing in finals on Day 8 of the championship. Both made the cut, although it was a close run thing for Lorraine. Knowing that it would probably take a 7m jump to win, she threw all caution to the wind, but that meant two fouls. A third round 6.72m put her into 4th place. Another two long distances were denied Lorraine as she fouled out again. In the end Lorraine came a way with an impressive 5th place. Brittney Reece took gold with 7.02m from Kilishina (7.00) and Bartoletta (6.97) In the hammer, a third round 77.31m throw put Nick Miller into second place for a brief while. Knowing that he would need a PB, Nick pulled out all the stops, but was unable to imptove. He finished in 6th place, as higher ranked hammer throwers found their form. Fajdek won the gold medal with a throw of 79.81m. For GB&NI to have a male and a female hammer thrower finishing in the top 7 of the world is definitely to be celebrated.

Another day at the world championships; another surprise winner; another 4th place for GB. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, running from the difficult inside lane, clocked 20.24s to finish just outside the medals. Pre-event favourite Wayde Van Niekerk added a silver to his 400m gold, but it was Turkey's Guliyev (formerly of Azerbaijan) who won gold in 20.09s. Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards took bronze. Team captain Eilidh Doyle, also running from the inside lane, finished eighth in the 400m hurdles final, won by USA's Kori Carter.

Outside of the finals, a string of British athletes progressed in their events, with several reaching finals. Britain has never had a female high jumper in a world championship final; now we have two in the same final. Heptathletes Morgan Lake and Katarina Johnson-Thompson qualified with clearances at 1.92m.

In very wet conditions in the London Stadium, five British athletes reached track and field finals on Day 6 of the IAAF World Championships. Mo Farah and Andy Butchart replicated their Rio qualification as they made it through to the 5000m final. Nick Miller qualified with his first throw in the hammer, and Lorraine Ugen's opening jump was enough to go through to the long jump final. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake took the fastest loser place in the 200m.

Lorraine Ugen was the first to book her place with an impressive (considering the conditions) 6.63m opener. Although she did not need to jump any more, she took all her jumps, including a very long foul in round 3. In the wet conditions, no jumper acheived the automatic qualification distance (6.70m). Shara Proctor, jumping for the first time since a knee injury in a road accident, was an agonising 1 cm short of qualification. Jazmin Sawyers finished further down the field with 6.34m.